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Description
Boston should be a city accessible to everyone, and we need leaders and innovators to carry out that mission. Mayor Walsh, former MassDot Highway Administrator Tom Tinlin, longtime developer Robert Beal, and former Boston Chief of Environmental Services Cathleen Douglass Stone, are honored at the 2017 Norman B. Leventhal Excellence in City Building Awards at the Boston Harbor Hotel, for their contributions towards building a a better and more accessible Boston.
A
A
Together
and
of
course,
this
year,
we're
so
remarkable
and
talented
people
from
us
music
that
are
getting
honored
tonight,
we
have
a
great
group
of
folks
that
have
been
city
builders.
Some
of
them
have
been
actively
engaged
this
for
a
number
of
years,
while
some
urges
have
still
really
just
taking
the
bull
by
the
horns
and
driving
the
future
and
of
course,
I
can't
help
myself.
I'll
have
a
few
stories
and
I
promise.
I
won't
be
too
long,
but
I
was
very
lucky
when,
when
Mayor
Walsh
was
elected
mayor
he
said
Rick
gee.
A
Would
you
coach
here
the
transition
team
for
transportation?
Well,
I
said
sure
mr.
mayor,
and
then
he
said
together
with
me
and
representative
Holmes
I,
put
together
this
great
transportation
team
and
I'd
like
you
to
do
a
vision
for
transportation,
for
the
city
of
Boston,
I
like
to
work
on
something
called
go:
Boston,
2030
and
I
went
in
with
Chris
Osgood
and
representative
Holmes,
and
we
met
with
the
mayor
and
Gina
Commissioner
fee
andhaka
and
we
sat
down
and
I
know.
Chris
will
remember
this
in
the
mirror
and
we
asked
him.
A
You
know
we
can
have
real
specific
outcomes
that
you
could
meet
and
they'll
be
safe
and
they'll
be
easy
or
we
can
be
aspirational
and
he
just
looked
at
me
in
a
second.
He
said:
what
are
you
kidding?
I
want
to
be
aspirational
and
that's
the
mayor
that
we
have
in
the
city
of
Austin.
He
is
an
aspirational
leader
and
he
told
us
to
think
big
and
to
put
pressure
on
all
of
us,
including
himself
I
saw
I
can't
be
more
honored
to
be
part
of
this
evenings
festivities.
A
We're
recognizing
someone
like
him,
but
I
thought
I'd
tell
that
story,
because
that
honest
to
god
happened
and
that's
the
kind
of
guy
that
we
have
running
this
city.
In
addition,
I
mean
tamale,
chillin
and
I
grew
up
together,
I'm
slightly
older
I
know
he
might
remind
people
about
that
age
difference,
but
anyway,
Tommy
I
was
like
two
suns
it
get
then
another
real
story,
so
Tommy
10:09
be
there.
Is
they
legal
seafood
I
could
to
tell
him
that
he's
gotten
on
11th
all
aboard
now?
A
Those
you're
gonna
see
a
lot
of
stuff
about
why
he
deserves
this
to
what
and
it
really
does
he's
like
one
of
the
best
he's
teaches
me
about
transportation
today,
I'm
so
lucky
anyway,
so
I
I
see
him
on
Thursday.
He
says:
hey
I
got
to
do
this
like
great
thing:
I'm
gonna
be
giving
out
prizes
and
stuff
like
that
he's
he
does
all
kinds
of
nonprofit
stuff
and
she's
gonna
he's
gonna
be
an
auctioneer
on
Saturday
I
said
great
you're
gonna
have
a
blast
yeah.
This
could
be
great,
so
of
course,
Saturday.
A
A
And
then
Cathy
Douglas
stone
got
to
hang
out
and
I've
been
hanging
out
with
Cathy
like
a
stone
for
a
long
time,
but
recently
we
merged
the
Boston
Harbor
Island
alliance
and
Cathy
Abbott's
been
great
job
with
the
new
organization
called
Boston.
However,
now
but
Cathy
and
like
I,
get
to
hang
her
with
her
again
she's
a
trustee
and
I
get
to
see
her
leadership
and
Sarah
shields.
A
And
Robert
BL
and
Bruce
Bo
what
an
amazing
development
family
but
Robert
is
like
he's,
got
this
amazing
canning
ability
to
take
existing
buildings
that
were
really
kind
of
run
down
and
funky
like
the
custom
power.
You
know
the
custom
house
tower
like
I,
didn't
see
that
and
then
he
says
like
well
Ricky.
A
Let
me
show
you
what
I
did
that
the
customers
like
I,
wanted
to
buy
every
single
unit
if
I
could
but
I
mean
he's
transformed,
together
with
his
brother
and
the
bail
company,
these
amazing
abilities
and
turned
them
into
these
wonderful
assets
in
the
city,
while
at
the
same
time
being
an
incredible
civic
leader
in
my
funny
story
and
then
I'll
I'll
stop
and
go
into
the
regular
pilot
program.
But
my
funny
story
was
Robert
I'm
dealing
with
being
the
Transportation
Commissioner.
You
know
when
the
dinosaurs
walked
the
earth.
A
I
was
the
transportation
furniture
I'm
dealing
with
the
central
Arizona,
Project
Robert
calls
me
and
says:
hey
the
big
day
wants
to
kill
Christmas
I
said:
what
do
you
mean
Robert?
Well,
they
won't.
Let
me
put
the
ribbon
on
the
green
Exchange
Building
I
said:
what
do
you
mean?
They
won't?
Let
you
put
the
ribbon
on
the
green
and
it
was.
It
was
a
Peters.
Ark
was
a
good
friend
in
call.
He
was
the
project
manager.
A
They
had
to
get
some
cranes
and
stuff
like
that,
so
they
do
it
stuff
on
the
Big
Dig
and
they
weren't
gonna.
Let
him
put
the
room
at
Rice,
so
you
know.
Obviously
we
got
made
sure
he
put
the
ribbon
on
the
Grain
Exchange
building
we
had
Christmas
so
Robert.
Thank
you
for
making
sure
he
had
Christmas
right.
A
A
We've
been
so
fortunate
to
have
great
partners
in
the
Transportation
Department
and
Austin
the
Boston
Planning
development
agency
in
the
mayor
and
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts
and
ELT,
with
all
the
public
agencies
we
get
to
partner,
but
the
business
community
has
really
been
great
and
you
as
board
members
and
you
as
sponsors
I
just
want
to
thank
you.
We
have
a
few
of
the
premier
sponsors
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
recognize
that's
John,
Hancock,
Plymouth,
Rock
related
bill
and
Samuel
associates
and
then
there's
a
cast
of
many
more.
A
A
You
know
when
someone
like
myself
can
just
come
here
and
show
up
and
I
know
that
everything's
been
taken
care,
Sarah,
Shields
and
Caitlin
Callahan
made
that
happen,
and
they
just
did
a
fantastic
job
and
I
would
like
to
recognize
them
one
more
time
and
then
there's
the
ever
able
and
wonderful
energy
of
Dusty
Rhodes
who's
on
our
board.
Who's
became
an
advisor
at
this
event
and
basically
adopted
us
thank
God
and
then
there's
Silver
Lake
productions,
which
does
all
this
video
stuff
and
then
there's
the
amazing
host
committee.
A
That's
been
cheered
by
John
Drewe,
who
does
this
like
amazing
stuff?
I
was
just
talking
to
some
of
the
people
that
did
all
this
work
to
help
make.
Surely
we
could
raise
the
funds
that
we
needed
and
in
it's
just
amazing,
because
some
of
the
folks
just
came
out
of
doing
Tall,
Ships
and
and
sale
Boston
right?
So
it's
like
you,
know,
I
I'm
done
fundraising
for
then
and
I'm
gonna
do
fundraising
for
this.
It's
it's.
What
what
it
says
to
me
is
that
the
city
is
very
charitable.
It's
amazing
City!
A
We
are
willing
to
give
when
we
have
great
leaders
like
the
mayor
and
the
governor
and
others
that
are
helping
us
drive
our
future.
The
business
community
steps
up
and
the
business
community
stepped
up
for
this
event.
That
I
really
want
to
thank
you
and
thank
you
to
my
board
members
and
all
of
the
sponsors.
A
Well,
we
do
this
particular
event
around
the
notion
of
a
gentleman
that
really
was
the
consummate
city
builder.
That's
Norman,
Leventhal
and
I
was
lucky
when
I
was
a
young
Commissioner,
they
have
Norman
Leventhal,
be
a
mentor
to
me
and
someone
that
guided
me
and
actually
helped
to
make
sure
that
I
understood
what
my
responsibilities
were
and
the
great
influence
that,
if
we
all
work
together
in
terms
of
building
cities
and
doing
great
things,
we
can,
we
can
make
great
things
happen.
A
So
you
know,
I
was
the
Commissioner
that
luckily
enough
just
got
to
sign
over
the
transfer
of
an
old,
dilapidated
parking
lot
p.m.
messengers
here
that
runs
that
an
old
parking
lot,
a
post
office
Square
to
the
Friends
of
post
office
square
I,
just
signed
the
paper
yeah
I
looked
at
some
technical
work,
I
made
sure
all
the
transportation
logistics
were
right,
but
that
was
nominal
eventhough
was
idea.
That's
just
one
of
many!
That's
why
we
call
this.
Thank
you
he's
well
deserving.
A
Amazing,
gentlemen,
again,
that's
why
we
have
Norman
was
the
founder
of
this
organization.
Norman
helped
create
a
better
City.
Norman
is
really
someone
that
really
lay
the
groundwork
for
who
we
are
today
and
that's
why
we
mentioned
these
honors
in
his
name
and
his
spirit
Allen.
His
son
is
just
one
of
those
people
that
have
just
taken
a
lot
of
the
putana
and
continues
to
be
a
wonderful
influence
and
city
builder
and
leader
in
his
own
right
and
Allen
Leventhal.
B
My
father
would
have
been
so
proud
to
be
here.
You
know
he
adored,
you
Rick,
and
your
leadership
and
the
leadership
of
all
the
chairs
who
succeeded
him
and
I
know
I'll
miss
someone
but
I,
see
John
there.
John,
Drew
and
I
saw
Mike
Mooney
earlier
and
my
cantaloupe,
and
so
many
leaders
who've
done
such
an
extraordinary
job.
So
it
gives
me
great
joy
when
I
think
of
my
father
to
be
standing
here
and
as
many
of
you
know,
my
father
was
a
1938
graduate
of
MIT.
B
He
had
a
very
close
relationship
with
most
of
the
former
presidents,
but
none
closer
than
with
the
current
president.
Rafi
Oh
rife
and
I
was
struck
today
by
an
email
that
Rafael
sent
to
the
MIT
community
and
he
talked
about
Rainer
Weiss,
who
is
an
emeritus
professor
of
physics,
a
graduate
of
MIT
who
today
won
the
2017
Nobel
Prize
in
Physics
in
Raphael.
B
We
come
together
and
we
think
great
things
and
we
plan
and
we
execute
and
our
goal
is
to
leave
this
community
a
better
place
than
what
we
inherited
and
the
power
of
what's
happened
with
the
honoree
Business
Committee
and
it's
almost
38
years
of
existence.
Starting
1989
is
truly
extraordinary.
It
started
focused
on
one
thing:
the
Big
Dig
a
rather
important
thing,
and
it
was
focused
on
making
sure
the
city
functioned,
and
you
know
what
the
city
never
functioned
better
because
of
the
work
of
at
the
artery
business
committee.
B
B
B
C
The
vision
of
Marty
Walsh
is
to
make
Boston
the
city
that
other
cities
modeled
themselves
after
and
that
means
putting
all
of
the
elements
into
the
foundation
that
this
Boston
of
the
future
will
be
built
upon,
go
Boston,
2030,
imagine,
Boston,
2030
and
climate
ready.
Boston
are
his
plans
listening
to
over
12,000
residents
for
the
Boston.
That
will
be
a
successful
international
city
of
the
future.
He.
E
Go
Boston
2030.
We
had
a
vision
and
a
plan
that
incorporated
all
of
the
things
for
businesses.
We
had
a
vision
and
a
plan
incorporated
climate
change
and
how
to
be
more
resilient,
and
certainly
we
looked
at
everything
that
we
did
for
transportation
with
the
neckli
lens.
Look
at
the
businesses
were
attracting
one.
F
F
Ge
was
designing
its
new
headquarters
building,
we
were
relocating
four-point,
channel
and
beautiful
old
brick
buildings
and
a
new
building
that
we'll
be
constructing,
but
the
issue
of
climate
resiliency
was
a
key
factor
for
us
and
how
we
thought
about
locating
the
the
new
headquarters,
how
we
designed
it
to
be
prepared
for
sea-level
rise
and
the
idea
of
climate
resiliency
and
a
sustainable
environmental
footprint
was
a
was
a
big
factor
in
our
design.
According.
C
F
Had
the
chance
in
my
life
to
work
with
a
lot
of
elected
officials,
mayor
Walsh
is
genuine.
Authentic,
has
leadership
vision
for
the
city.
He
wants
to
represent
everybody
in
the
city
and
that's
that's
unusual
and
a
lot
of
politicians,
but
mostly
he
was
a
great
partner.
He
was
someone
you
could
always
call
and
talk
to
and
he's
just
a
genuine
human
being
one
of
the
greatest
people
I've
ever
worked
with.
We.
D
Knew
each
other
a
little
bit
before
before
he
got
elected
and
I
got
elected
because
of
the
time
I
spent
state
government
he'd
spent
in
state
government,
but
that's
no
storm
in
2015
that
series
of
snowstorms
we
were
talking
all
the
time
and
one
of
the
things
they're
really
appreciated
about
him
and
I.
Think
everybody
who
works
with
him
would
say
this.
Is
he
answers
his
phone?
If
he
says
he
can
please
get
back,
he
does
if
he
can
answer
your
question
or
provide
you
with
guidance
or
advice.
G
G
Know
I'm
on
it
the
video,
in
the
words
thank
you
very
much,
Alan
I've,
known
Alan
for
a
long
time
in
the
the
Leventhal
family
and
I'm
wanted
to
accept
this
recognition
and
your
father's
name.
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you
for
the
governor
who
spoke
in
the
video
yeah.
We
became
really
close
during
that
snowstorm,
so
much
so
that
this
is
a
true
story.
G
I
was
walking
down
the
street
and
when
one
kid
said
to
me
one
day
after
them
in
the
summertime
who
know
in
the
springtime
he
said,
yo
Charlie,
Baker
I
said
no
I'm
mighty
wast
amigos,
no
you're
Charlie
Baker,
you
wearing
the
sweater,
so
I
want
to
thank
the
governor
I
want
to
thank
and
Cleo.
Obviously
in
GE
and
I
want
to
thank
my
friend.
Stay
represent
Russell
Holmes
who's
over
here
as
well.
Thank
You,
Russell.
G
I
want
to
thank
Rick
Tomino
as
well,
and
when
we
started
this
process,
I
was
honored
that
Rick
decided
to
be
the
co-chair
of
go
Boston
2030
to
really
talk
about
how
we
want
to
envision
and
what
we
want
to
see
in
the
process
and
I
remember
going
to
China
trade
building
one
day
and
they
were
both
there
and
I
still
how's
it
going
how's
it
going.
He
was
I've,
never
been
part
of
a
process
that
has
more
people
engaged
in
it.
G
G
Also
want
to
recognize
my
my
friend
seek
out
salamati
no
chemo,
my
cells
from
from
these
Boston
Thank
You
counselor,
for
being
here
with
us
tonight
as
well,
and
for
the
great
work
you
did
I
think
you
started
your
career
on
the
big
day
right
just
about
half
the
room
side
of
their
job
with
a
big
day,
I
supported
the
big
day.
I
like
the
big
day.
It
was
good,
my
fellow
honorees
Bob,
congratulations
and
thank
you
for
everything
you
do
for
our
city,
certainly
Kathleen.
G
Thank
you
as
well
for
everything
you
do
for
our
city
and
Tommy
telling
I
was
joking
with
Tommy
I
said
think
about
this
itself:
Ian
Dorchester
guy,
getting
transportation
Awards.
The
only
thing
we
knew
how
to
do
20
years
ago
is
write,
drive
a
car,
but
but
now
we're
becoming
experts.
So
thank
you.
This
recognition
really
isn't
me.
It
isn't
about
me.
It's
about
the
people
at
this
table
and
the
people
at
City
Hall
who
work
every
single
day
on
these
different
issues.
I
want
to
thank
them.
G
G
This
is
an
exciting
time
for
our
city,
as
everyone
knows,
we're
growing
twice
as
fast
as
the
rest
of
the
nation
and
it's
time
that
we
create
a
bold
vision
for
the
future
of
our
city,
and
we
are
ready
to
meet
this
challenge.
After
what
we've
done,
this
vision
was,
was
you
saw
a
little
bit
in
the
video
wasn't
created
behind
closed
doors?
It
was
out
in
the
neighborhoods,
almost
every
single
piece.
G
That's
in
this
vision
plan
can
be
traced
back
to
an
idea
of
a
person
that
came
and
spoke
to
us
about
what
they
want
to
see
in
this
city,
whether
it
was
the
whether
it
was
transportation
plan,
whether
it
was
imagine
Boston,
20,
30
or
even
arts
and
cultural
plan.
This
these
plans
were
not
built
by
at
me
and
by
4
or
5
us
in
the
room
was
built
by
the
entire
city.
Strong
community
engagement
has
certainly
shown
us
the
way
and
empowering
people
I
think
is
the
way
to
do
it.
G
Throughout
our
planning
process,
we
gave
residents
the
mandate
for
inclusive
growth
that
they
want
to
Boston.
That
is
a
future
in
the
future
of
our
city.
For
everyone,
economic
growth
and
we've
seen
the
plan,
the
economic
growth
isn't
just
in
the
downtown
sectors
or
the
Fenway
sector,
or
the
financial
district
sector
or
the
Copley
sector
its
along
the
family
line.
It's
in
Hyde
Park,
it's
in
different
parts
of
our
city.
G
G
So
I
want
to
thank
you,
because
in
a
lot
of
ways,
you
laid
down
the
foundation
for
what
we
have
to
do
here:
access
to
affordable
housing,
something
that
we
talk
about
every
single
day,
making
sure
that
we
can
be
a
city
for
everyone
to
achieve
these
goals.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
talking
about
a
Boston
of
today
and
tomorrow
and
over
the
next
several
years.
G
That's
why
we
we
created
all
these
planning
processes
and
that's
why
we
asked
people
like
in
Russell
and
other
folks
to
be
on
these
different
processes,
because
they
understood
what
it
was
and
what
it
should
have
a
good,
strong
transportation
system.
Imagine
Boston
2030
is
our
umbrella
for
other
plans,
climate
ready,
Boston,
which
Austin
Blackmun
chief
of
energies
involved
with
and
go
Boston,
2030
and
other
things.
Our
plans
are
working
to
work
together
to
achieve
the
same
goals,
opportunity
and
equity
for
all.
G
We're
talking
about
the
connections
with
the
parks
on
the
four
point
channel
when
GE
talked
about
their
building
when
he
and
CLE
was
talking
about
the
sustainable
building,
what
they
were
talking
about
was
build
that
building
that
building
up.
So,
as
the
sea
level
rise
potentially
comes
in,
it
goes
through
the
first
floor.
G
What
we're
actually
talking
about
doing
is
building
a
product
to
protect
GE
and
other
waterway
other
buildings
across
the
South
Boston
waterfront
and
in
South
Boston
and
in
Chinatown
in
downtown,
so
that
the
surge
doesn't
come
into
those
buildings
and
we're
gonna
be
working
with
new
green
space.
What
many
of
you
in
this
room
that
what
we're
doing
is
going
to
protect
us
from
storm
surge
and
sea
level
rise?
Go
Boston
2030
talks
about
elevating
our
transportation
system.
It
also
connects
residents
to
job
schools
and
other
opportunities
that
in
our
city.
G
We
continue
to
carry
out
that
vision,
but
I'm
also
committed
to
making
sure
we
can
be
a
city
for
everybody.
We
can't
be,
as
we
cannot
just
be
a
city
for
the
rich
or
the
upper
middle
class.
We
have
to
be
a
city
that
truly
is
for
everyone.
The
way
we
do,
that
is
by
a
good,
strong,
reliable
transportation
system
and
a
better
city
pushes
for
that.
Every
single
day
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that,
and
you
got
to
continue
to
push
myself.
G
D
Taub
Finland
did
nothing
else
in
his
entire
professional
career
other
than
eliminating
the
tolls
on
the
Turnpike.
He'd
still
be
a
hero,
because
everybody
thought
that
when
that
project
was
first
announced,
people
would
grow
up,
get
married,
raise
families
have
children,
send
them
to
college
all
while
they
were
sitting
in
traffic
on
the
Turnpike
and
because
of
the
way
Tom
organized
it.
D
By
having
most
of
the
work
happened
at
night
and
on
weekends,
and
putting
some
very
aggressive
parameters
around
how
the
traveling
public
was
going
to
be
treated
during
the
week
when
people
were
traveling
to
him
from
work
and
school
and
everything
else.
We
had
a
project
where
everybody
thought
the
world
was
gonna
end
and
by
the
time
it
was
all
mostly
completed.
People
were
high-fiving
the
Commonwealth
for
the
good
work
that
we'd
done
referred.
C
D
Introduction
to
Tom
Finland
was
the
work
that
he
did
in
the
blizzard
of
2015,
where
we
had
this
guy
who
knew
a
ton
about
the
city
of
Boston,
because
he'd
done
so
much
work
in
transportation
for
the
Menino
administration.
Who
is
now
on
our
team,
helping
us
figure
out
how
to
relate
to
the
city
and
manage
all
the
issues
associated
with
the
States
highways
roads
and
bridges
in
the
midst
of
the
worst
snowstorms
and
well
my
lifetime,
and
probably
way
beyond
that.
From.
C
I
Menino
asked
me
if
I
would
review
the
traffic
plan
that
had
put
together
by
the
city
in
preparation
for
the
Democratic
National
Convention
I.
Think
at
first
I
I
expressed
a
little
bit
of
reluctance,
but
the
mayor
and
his
wonderful
way
said
to
me:
I
got
a
guy.
I
got
a
guy
he's
great
and
you're.
Gonna
love
him
well
that
guy
was
Tom
Timlin
and
the
mayor
was
right.
He
is
great
and
I
did
love
him.
You.
C
Can't
go
farther
and
still
be
in
Massachusetts.
If
you
drive
through
Chartres
alone,
there
are
approximately
1300
small
bridges
just
like
this
one,
all
over
the
Commonwealth.
You
probably
don't
even
think
much
about
them
as
you
drive
over
them,
but
when
one
of
these
bridges
is
determined
to
be
unsafe,
access
to
a
home
can
be
threatened.
This
is
what
happened
to
any
coats
of
Charlemont
mass
amy
reached
out
to
tom,
and
the
small
bridge
replacement
program
was
the
result.
J
Know
that
we
weren't,
maybe
stranded
that
I
was
gonna,
be
able
to
get
oil
in
the
winter
that
I
was
gonna,
be
able
to
the
electricity
goes
out
here
in
the
winter
I
live
in
the
middle
of
nowhere
I'd
love
to
come.
He
would
be
able
to
come
and
turn
it
back
on
that.
If
somebody
got
hurt
that
the
ambulance
would
be
able
to
get
to
us
so,
and
it
just
felt
a
real
relief
that
somebody
actually
cared
to
listen,
you
know
and
to
help
us
when.
C
L
M
L
H
N
K
E
M
M
You
know
the
Italian
side.
Mine
starts
with
values
ends
with
it,
the
M,
you
know
any
referred
to
you
know,
which
quite
frankly,
has
been
talked
about.
Oh,
probably
little
too
much
my
recent
health
issues
and
you
know
I
gotta
tell
you
I'm
just
so
happy
that
this
thing
isn't
posthumous,
so
I
think
it's
really
it's
very
thanks
to
the
yeah.
M
You
know,
but
seriously
I
have
a
lot
of
friends
in
the
room
and
I
do
want
to
thank
everybody
in
the
room
who
took
time
out
of
their
day
to
to
offer
up
a
prayer.
A
positive
thought
a
well
wish,
because
I
got
to
tell
you
I
felt
every
single
one
of
them
and
I
needed
every
single
one
of
them.
So
from
from
my
family
to
all
of
you.
Thank
you
so
very
much.
M
Get
on
it,
it's
rich!
It
is
nice
to
get
these
recognitions
for
for
what
we
do
and
how
we
do
it.
But
we
all
know
it's
a
team
sport
and
we
get
the
support
from
our
families,
who
let
us
do
what
we
need
to
do,
quite
frankly,
for
the
service
of
others
and
in
my
rocks,
are
right
up
here
in
the
in
the
front
row,
my
wife
Heather,
my
daughter
Grace
and
my
son
Thomas.
So
thank
you
for
letting
me
do
what
I
do
you.
M
Know
there's
times
that
we
receive
these
honors
because
our
name
is
on
the
letterhead.
You
know,
but
it's
more
as
the
mayor
was
saying,
it's
a
testament
to
the
men
and
the
women
that
we
serve
with
the
nameless,
faceless
public
and
private
partners
that
really
make
up
the
body
of
work
that
we
do
and
that
we
had
judged
on
that.
M
Allow
opportunities
like
this
to
happen:
I'm
not
talking
about
with
our
respect
to
governor's
or
the
mayors
or
the
administrators,
or
even
the
secretaries
I'm
talking
about
the
tow
truck
driver,
the
meter
maid,
the
maintenance
worker,
the
bridge
inspector,
the
tunnel
inspector,
the
planners,
the
engineers,
the
men
and
women
who
take
showers
after
work.
These
are
the
people
that
stand
behind
a
WOD
such
as
this.
So
how
about
a
nice
round
of
applause?
For
that.
M
M
So
you
know
Kathy
Douglas,
tone,
she's,
trying
to
educate
people
about
climate
change
and
resiliency,
and
she
goes
and
sees
Tom
Menino
I'm
working
at
the
mayor's
office,
and
it
was
service
at
the
time.
So
she
sees
the
mayor
and
she
says:
I
want
Tommy
Timlin
to
come
and
join
me
in
the
environment
cabinet
and
to
be
my
chief
of
staff
and
at
that
time
the
mayor
had,
you
know,
Ricki,
you
remember
this.
He
fired
like
17
transportation.
Commission
is
over
a
long
weekend
and
he
really
just
had
enough
right.
M
So
so
he
says:
no
I
need
his
help
and
transportation.
He's
gonna
go
up
there
and
he's
gonna
try
to
write
the
BTD
ship
for
me
and
so
I.
You
know
talk
about
run,
place
wrong
time
right
place
right
time,
depending
upon
your
perspective,
so
I
took
a
couple
of
days
off.
I
grew
a
goatee
worked
on
myself,
ikana
scowl
and
I
went
up
to
the
Transportation
Department
and
then,
as
they
say
that
you
know,
the
rest
is
history,
but
you
know
I'll
never
be
able
to
repay.
M
Quite
frankly,
the
kindness
and
the
opportunity
folks
like
Kathy
Douglas,
Stone
Tom,
Menino,
secretary
Pollock,
Charlie,
Baker,
Marty,
Walsh,
Rick,
dimino,
and
just
so
many
others
have
given
me.
You
know
this
guy
from
South
Boston,
who,
quite
frankly,
30
years
ago,
was
a
security
guard
in
Boston,
City
Hall
and
some
people
thought
that
maybe
I
could
do
more
in
chann
me
to
do
so.
But
I
got
to
tell
you
it's
a
little
ironic
because
I
do
know.
M
So
Jana
and
I
must
tell
you
when
I
was
working
on
the
Leventhal
walked
to
the
sea
with
with
Bob,
Walsh
and
Ricky.
You
know
back
in
2006
and
dedicated
in
2008
I,
never
dreamed
in
a
million
years
that
I
would
be
here
with
you
all
receiving
an
award
in
his
name.
You
know
and
I'm
not
shy
about
telling
people
how
proud
I
am
of
my
almost
30
years
of
public
service
and
as
I
transition
from
public
life
to
the
private
side.
I
never
want
to
lose
sight
of
what
Robert
excuse
me.
M
Norman
B
Leventhal
told
the
Boston
Globe
in
1997.
He
said
and
I
quote.
We
must
constantly
work
to
find
ways
to
make
the
riches
of
Boston
available
to
all
her
citizens
and
not
just
the
most
fortunate
among
us.
So
you
might
ask:
what's
that
have
to
do
with
transportation?
You
know,
and
I
would
argue
that
it
has
everything
to
do
with
transportation.
M
For
as
another
visionary
told
me
on
her
very
first
day
as
governor
Baker's
Secretary
of
Transportation
transportation
is
less
about
what
it
is:
bridges,
roads
and
tunnels,
and
it
is
more
about
what
it
does.
It
connects
people
to
jobs,
health
care,
family
and
friends
and
I
think
Norman
xi
all
would
agree.
The
transportation
makes
the
riches
of
Boston
and,
throughout
our
great
state,
available
to
all
of
her
citizens,
not
just
the
most
fortunate
among
us,
so
in
closing.
M
I
want
to
thank
my
pal
secretary
for
the
amazing
opportunity
that
she
and
Governor
Baker
gave
me
in
that
mantra
of
service
to
others
and
instill
that
in
the
highway
division,
workforce
and
I
want
to
further
thank
her
for
her
friendship
in
my
most
darkest
hour
and
time
of
need
and
I
got
to
tell
you.
I
cannot
think
of
a
better
public
servant
than
our
new
highway
administrator
Jonathan
Gulliver.
To
carry
this
message
forward.
C
O
Was
very
good
and
he's
been
a
great
developer
and
a
great
developer
of
our
city
bob
cares
about
how
his
properties
relate
to
of
the
community
in
the
public
realm
and
the
street,
and
perhaps
an
example
of
that
is
the
ribbon,
which
always
appears
on
177
milk's
rate
each
Christmas
season.
Much
of
what
you
see
culturally
in
the
city,
bob
has
been
involved
in,
and
certainly
his
real
estate
developments
are
symbolic
of
the
attention
to
detail
that
bob
has
in
everything
that
he
that
he
does.
We.
C
L
Grew
up
in
a
real
estate
family
with
a
real
tradition.
There
I
think
what
made
him
different
in
some
ways
was
that
A's
got
a
social
conscience
B.
He
thinks
he's
in
business,
not
just
to
make
money,
but
to
do
good,
and
he
does
so
and
he's
done
so
in
a
way.
That's
provided
and
I
hope
he'll
continue
to
provide
a
lot
of
affordable
housing.
That's
now
that
desperately
needs
it.
Robert.
C
A
Harvard
alumnus
was
a
partner
and
vice
president
of
the
beacon
companies
from
1965
until
1976
as
governor
Dukakis
Illustrated
Robert
has
a
great
sense
of
multi-purpose
in
his
buildings
combining
profitability
and
affordability.
Robert
brings
a
heart
and
passion
to
everything
that
he
does
especially
his
sense
of
civic
responsibility.
He's.
P
Thing
that
was
most
important
to
the
aquarium
was
Bob's,
unwavering
support,
the
dot-com
bust
Big
Dig
and
overly
optimistic
expansion
assumptions
conspired
to
put
the
institution
in
severe
distress
in
2001.
Unlike
some
who
saw,
danger
and
opted
out,
Robert
stood
fast
and
helped
with
great
measures
of
time,
talent
and
treasure.
He
proved
again
why
he
is
known
as
smart,
loyal
and
determined
to
do.
The
right
thing.
I
think
that
really
captures
him.
We.
O
K
Q
Very
briefly,
there's
I
can't
begin
to
say
enough
about
bobby'll.
So
let
me
try
to
be
as
brief
as
possible,
so
we
can
give
him
the
award
and
let
him
talk
to
all
of
you
on
behalf
of
a
better
City
and
the
Board
of
Directors
I'm
honored,
to
present
the
2017
Lin
development
award
to
bobby'll
for
his
dynamic
and
impactful
improvements
that
he's
made
in
transforming
this
city,
both
its
buildings
and
its
civic
and
philanthropic
organizations.
But
I
want
to
add
one
thing.
Q
As
Ron
pointed
out,
the
Beal,
family
and
Baba
great
developers,
I
can
also
add,
as
someone
who's
in
the
development
real
estate
community
with
Bob
Bob
has
given
endless
hours
to
all
sorts
of
charities
in
the
city,
help
them
boosted
them
and,
quite
frankly,
he
has
never
sort
of
claimed
any
credit
for
what
he's
done.
He
gives
all
of
us
in
the
real-estate
development
community
a
good
name
quite
frankly,
because
of
what
he
does
on
behalf
of
our
community
and
what
he's
done
for
this
city
is
transformative.
Q
R
That
said,
we
finally
should
honor
Rose
Kennedy,
because
she
had
never
been
honored
with
anyone
and
I
talked
to
Rick
and
Norman
Leventhal,
and
everybody
agreed
that
we
should
name
it.
The
Rose,
Kennedy
Greenway,
so
I
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
indeed,
I
sort
of
joked
with
my
brother
did.
They
run
out
of
people
tonight
to
honor,
but
thank
you
so
much.
H
Kathy
Douglas
stone
has
been
an
environmental
advocate
and
leader
in
Boston
in
Massachusetts
for
decades.
She
really
understands
the
importance
of
outdoor
recreation
and
how
it
improves
the
quality
of
life
for
all
of
our
citizens.
She's
been
a
longtime
advocate
for
the
Boston
Harbor,
Islands
national
and
state
park,
and
really
has
helped
introduce
so
many
generations
to
this
idea
of
outdoor
recreation
in
the
Boston
Harbor
outdoor.
C
S
T
U
Kathy
really
had
the
vision
where
you
know
it
really.
Hadn't
happened
before
to
have
a
park
like
ours
and
I.
Think
part
of
it
was
that
you
know
people
recognize
that
the
islands
had
been
neglected
and
abandoned
for
so
long
that
it
was
going
to
take
more
than
one
entity
and
more
than
one
form
of
government,
to
figure
out
how
to
make
the
cleanup
happen
and
to
bring
the
islands
up
to
the
place
where
we
all
think
they
can
be.
What.
V
U
That
was
the
most
revolutionary
thing
about
the
Boston
Harbor
Islands
is
that
everybody
believed
in
them
enough
to
kind
of
pull
all
those
groups
together
and
when
you
meet
Kathy,
you
can
understand
how
it
potentially
how
it
happened,
because
you
know
not
only
does
she
have
this
vision,
but
she
also
has
a
passion,
and
she
understands
that
things
that
are
really
big
and
worthwhile
are
gonna.
Take
time
kathy.
C
V
Kathy
has
been
so
dedicated
to
all
the
environmental
issues,
not
just
the
islands.
She
can
see.
She
cares
about
climate
control.
She
cares
about
making
sure
that
the
islands
are
an
economic
drive
for
Massachusetts.
We
have
over
500,000
visitors
heading
to
the
islands
now
and
it's
seasonal.
It's
not
an
annual
another.
C
T
Really
been
a
leader
in
the
environmental
efforts
associated
with
the
Boston
Harbor,
Islands,
national
and
state
park
and
they're
funding
their
consistent
funding
at
significant
levels
over
time
has
I
think
engaged
thousands
and
thousands
of
kids
with
an
opportunity
to
access
the
islands
and
to
learn
to
understand
the
role
of
the
plot
that
they
play
and
the
fact
that
these
young
people
they
own
these
islands.
They
belong
to
them
and
with
its
dis,
Park
and
the
harbor
and
its
waterfront
are
their
future.
W
W
Hopefully,
like
the
Red
Sox,
you
know,
you've
won
the
championship
now
and
now,
you're
on
to
to
bigger
and
better
things,
so
so,
on
behalf
of
the
of
a
better
City
I'm
pleased
to
present
this
2017
environment
award
to
Cathy
Douglas
stone
for
her
leadership
and
dedication
in
preserving
our
region's
environment
and
natural
areas
through
her
life
as
a
public
servant
as
a
philanthropist
and
as
a
private
citizen.
Thank
you.
Cathy.
X
X
X
The
harbour
cleanup
generated
the
enormous
activity,
wealth
jobs
that
we
now
see
on
the
harbour,
and
it
is
undeniable
that
environment,
open
space
have
to
go
hand
in
hand
with
development,
but
the
most
important
thing
to
me
about
what
has
occurred
through
environmental
action
here
is
public
access.
This
summer
there
were
hundreds
of
thousands
of
people
out
on
the
Harbor
Islands
Boston
Harbor
now
provided
20,000
people,
mostly
children,
mostly
through
community
centers,
with
free
tickets
to
the
harbor.
There
were
almost
500
separate
kinds
of
events
for
music
baseball
yoga
out
on
the
islands.
X
We
have
the
Greenway
and
the
Harbor
walk.
These
are
the
places
where
the
public
exercises
their
democracy,
their
participation
in
public
life,
which
is
not
dependent
on
race
or
gender,
or
income
or
wealth.
The
city
welcomes
its
citizens
through
its
public
spaces,
so
I
am
so
pleased
to
be
honoured
by
a
better
City
and
Rick,
because
he
everyday
tries
to
make
the
city
better
to
my
colleagues
on
the
Water
and
Sewer
Commission
Henry
Vitali,
who
is
a
shadek
Award
winner,
Vinnie
I'm,
sorry
Mike,
Michael
Woodall,
who
is
our
Chairman
and
John
Sullivan?
X
Who
is
the
chief
engineer,
of
course,
Boston
Harbor,
now
Cathy
Abbott,
many
of
the
board
members
are
here
and
she's
our
great
CEO
and
she's
going
to
be
out
in
all
of
your
offices
as
we
approach
our
various
studies
on
how
the
Boston
Harbor
can
improve
and,
of
course,
City
Hall.
From
my
old
days,
there
Brad
swing
so
I,
thank
all
of
you
for
who
I
have
worked
with.
It
is
quintessentially
a
team
effort.
Thank
you.
A
A
A
Agree
with
former
Commissioner
Timlin
that
an
a
highway
administrator
that
Jonathan
is
as
a
new
highway
administrator
will
just
do
great
stuff,
so
we're
really
in
the
land
development
in
the
energy
and
environmental
world
and
in
the
transportation
world
Boston
our
region
and
the
Commonwealth
is
well-positioned
by
the
kinds
of
leadership
that
we
have
in
this
room.
It
happens
as
the
mayor
suggested
because
we're
a
team
and
that
kind
of
teamwork
can
really
Drive
great
things.
A
So
let's
keep
working
as
a
team
and
let's
continue
to
make
Boston
the
region
in
the
Commonwealth
the
most
competitive
place
in
this
planet.
That's
here
for
all
people,
so
thank
you
tonight,
hey
I
was
told
by
Sarah
and
dusty
that
there's
still
lots
of
food
and
drink
out
there.
So
please
enjoy
yourself
and
enjoy
the
rest
of
your
evening
and
thank
you
so
much.